DelPen wrote:Why aren't 07-08 and 08-09 on the list? I'd still take 91-92 but I'd consider 08-09 as my #2 choice.

08-09 should be on the list because of the Cup. I don't think that 07-08 was as talented as the Cup winners.

I was thinking of comparing eras and couldn't pick the team from the 90s. I didn't think the 08-09 team is in the same class as this team. At least I don't think it is as good on paper but we all know how that goes as the 92-93 Pens found. The addition of Iginla and the top two lines had me thinking of the comparison.

Good questions though and if I were doing the poll over I'd add those teams.

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92-93 best team we have ever had except maybe this one. I think the injury to kevin stevens was devastating for the team and may have been why we lost to the isles that year. I think this years team is a close second depending on injuries.

taz71 wrote:92-93 best team we have ever had except maybe this one. I think the injury to kevin stevens was devastating for the team and may have been why we lost to the isles that year. I think this years team is a close second depending on injuries.

I can still see that moment after all these years. That was terrible and he was never the same again after that.

I think you can argue that the 2008 team had more talent than the team that won the Cup the following year, as they still had Hossa and Malone. It's kind of weird to look at the 2009 team and see that Malkin won the Conn Smythe playing with Talbot and Fedotenko. But that team simply had the right mix of players and hunger. It's not at all about what the team looks like on paper.

The 92-93 team certainly is a cautionary tale about what could be in the future for the current team. Just because the team looks amazing now doesn't really mean anything. One thing this year's team has going for it is that it should be very hungry to go deep this year after having minimal playoff success the last few years, plus a couple veterans at the tail end of their careers looking for their first.

bh wrote:Was Tommy B really that bad? I watched the playoffs, but I was like 10 years old and didn't have an eye for hockey back then. I grew up thinking he was a good but not great kind of jerkish goalie.

bh wrote:Was Tommy B really that bad? I watched the playoffs, but I was like 10 years old and didn't have an eye for hockey back then. I grew up thinking he was a good but not great kind of jerkish goalie.

Tom had a habit of giving up really bad goals as can be said of Fleury but Tom was indeed a jerk.

taz71 wrote:92-93 best team we have ever had except maybe this one. I think the injury to kevin stevens was devastating for the team and may have been why we lost to the isles that year. I think this years team is a close second depending on injuries.

This. Give Barasso a little bit of heart, and that team is unstoppable. Period.

bh wrote:Was Tommy B really that bad? I watched the playoffs, but I was like 10 years old and didn't have an eye for hockey back then. I grew up thinking he was a good but not great kind of jerkish goalie.

I don't think he was. You don't win 2 Stanley Cups being a bad goalie. He was streaky, but then he faced a LOT of shots on a regular basis. He once won a game in which he faced 65 shots. Yeah, 65. He played on teams that thought offense first and defense - about 43rd.